Foreign 

Missionary 

Manual 

OF  THE  DEPARTMENT 
OF  WOMAN'S  WORK 
BOARD  OF  MISSIONS 
METHODIST  EPISCO¬ 
PAL  CHURCH ,  SOUTH 


LAMBUTH  BUILDING 
NASHVILLE,  TENN. 


Foreign 

Missionary  Manual 

OF  THE 

Department  of  Woman’s  Work 

BOARD  OF  MISSIONS 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
South 


LAMBUTH  BUILDING 

NASHVILLE,  TENNESSEE 


INTRODUCTION 


This  Manual  has  been  prepared  by  the  Woman’s 
Department  of  the  Board  of  Missions  for  the  guidance 
of  its  missionaries  and  the  Secretaries  in  charge  of 
administrative  work.  It  has  been  compiled  in  response 
to  repeated  requests  for  such  a  statement,  but  especially 
in  fulfillment  of  the  by-law  of  the  Board  of  Missions 
passed  in  1924  requiring  each  department  of  the  Board 
to  provide  such  a  handbook. 

The  material  in  the  Manual  is  not  new,  except  in  a 
very  few  instances  where  action  covering  the  case  was 
taken  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Board,  but  is  rather  a 
collaboration  of  former  regulations  published  in  min¬ 
utes,  annual  reports,  leaflets,  by-laws  of  the  Board, 
and  methods  of  procedure,  tested  by  long  years  of  ex¬ 
perience  in  the  offices  of  the  Administrative  Secretaries 
of  the  Board.  Such  a  volume  affords  a  guide  to  ad¬ 
ministrative  procedure,  and  each  missionary  should, 
therefore,  study  it  and  keep  it  for  reference.  Changes 
will  be  necessary  from  time  to  time,  and  so  revisions  are 
contemplated. 

The  missionary  enterprise  is  a  joint  enterprise  of 
Board  and  missionaries,  and  the  interests  of  one  concern 
the  other.  To  the  preparation  of  the  Manual,  therefore, 
there  has  been  given  a  great  deal  of  thought  and  prayer, 
with  the  hope  that  the  burden  of  the  missionary  enter¬ 
prise  may  be  placed  equally  on  Board  and  missionaries. 
The  Manual  is  not  a  form  of  contract,  but  a  guide  to 
action  which,  it  is  hoped,  will  promote  efficiency  and 
make  for  the  mutual  understanding  of  our  common 
task.  It  is  with  this  prayer  that  this  first  issue  is  sent 
forth. 


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Foreign  Missionary  Manual 


PROVISIONS  OF  THE  CONSTITUTION  AND  BY¬ 
LAWS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  MISSIONS  BEAR¬ 
ING  UPON  THE  ADMINISTRATION  OF 
WOMAN’S  WORK 

Provision  is  made  for  the  administration  of  Woman’s 
Work  on  foreign  fields  in  the  following  articles  from  the 
Discipline  of  the  Church  and  the  by-laws  of  the  Board 
of  Missions: 

Discipline,  Paragraph  471,  Article  I 

“The  missionary  operations  of  the  Methodist  Episco¬ 
pal  Church,  South,  formerly  administered  under  the 
Board  of  Missions,  the  Woman’s  Foreign  Missionary 
Society,  and  the  Woman’s  Home  Mission  Society,  shall 
hereafter  be  administered  by  a  Board  of  Missions, 
which  shall  have  charge  of  all  foreign  missions  of  the 
Church,  and  of  such  missions  in  the  home  fields  as  are 
not  provided  for  by  the  Annual  Conferences.  The  Board 
shall  carry  on  its  operations  under  three  departments — 
namely:  Foreign  Work,  Home  Work,  and  Woman’s 
Work.” 

Discipline,  Paragraph  478,  Article  VIII 

“The  Department  of  Woman's  Work  shall  administer 
the  missionary  work  of  the  Church  in  the  United  States 
and  in  foreign  fields,  primarily  for  women  and  children, 
formerly  administered  by  the  Board  of  Missions, 
Woman’s  Work,  and  the  Woman’s  Missionary  Council. 
This  department  shall  consist  of  the  women  members 
of  the  Board  and  the  Secretaries  of  the  Department  of 
Woman’s  Work,  who  shall  constitute  a  standing  com¬ 
mittee  of  the  Board.  The  department  shall  develop 
plans  and  policies  to  be  put  into  effect  through  the 
action  of  the  Board.  The  department  shall  conduct  its 


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work  in  two  sections — namely,  the  Section  of  Home 
Work  and  the  Section  of  Foreign  Work. 

“  (a)  The  Section  of  Foreign  Missions,  Woman’s 
Work,  shall  administer  the  work  primarily  for  women 
and  children  in  foreign  lands,  and  such  other  work  as 
shall  be  hereafter  developed  under  these  provisions, 
the  funds  appropriated  for  this  work,  and  shall  direct 
the  missionaries  of  the  Board  of  Missions  in  foreign 
fields  supported  by  the  Department  of  Woman’s  Work, 
who  shall  be  subject  to  appointment  and  general  super¬ 
vision  by  the  bishop  in  charge.  This  department  may 
cooperate  with  other  Boards  and  other  Christian  agen¬ 
cies  in  the  promotion  and  administration  of  cooperative 
institutions  and  lines  of  work  on  the  foreign  fields. 
The  work  of  this  section  shall  be  administered  by  the 
Foreign  Administrative  Secretaries  of  the  Board  of 
Missions,  Woman’s  Work.” 

By-Laws  of  Board  of  Missions,  Section  III,  Com¬ 
mittee  of  Woman’s  Department 

“1.  The  Committee  of  the  Department  of  Woman’s 
Work  shall  meet  immediately  after  the  adjournment 
of  General  Conference  and  organize  by  electing  a  chair¬ 
man  and  a  secretary;  these  shall  be  elected  by  ballot 
without  nomination  and  shall  continue  in  office  through 
the  quadrennium. 

“2.  This  committee  shall  meet  immediately  pre¬ 
ceding  the  annual  session  of  the  Board  of  Missions.  It 
shall  meet  at  such  other  times  as  itself  shall  determine, 
provided  there  shall  be  at  least  two  meetings  during  the 
year.  Meetings  may  be  held  at  the  call  of  the  chairman 
on  request  of  five  members.  Ten  days’  notice  shall  be 
given  for  called  meetings.  A  majority  of  the  member¬ 
ship  of  the  committee  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

“3.  The  committee  shall  consider  matters  of  policy 
relating  to  the  Home  and  Foreign  Sections  of  the 
Woman’s  Work,  giving  such  careful  study  to  these 
policies  as  will  enable  the  department  to  furnish  to  the 
Board  such  advice  and  recommendations  as  may  be 
needed  to  make  the  Woman’s  Work  of  the  Board  most 
effective,  it  being  understood  that  in  the  administrative 


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direction  of  the  office  and  work  of  deaconess  it  shall  be  a 
committee  with  power. 

“4.  This  committee  shall  recommend  the  assign¬ 
ment  of  fields  and  the  lines  of  work  to  be  undertaken 
by  the  women  Administrative  Secretaries  of  the  Board. 

“5.  There  shall  be  a  Section  Committee  on  Foreign 
Work. 

“  (1)  This  committee  shall  be  elected  quadrennially 
by  the  department.  The  Chairman  of  the  Department 
of  Woman’s  Work,  the  President  of  the  Woman’s 
Missionary  Council,  and  the  Administrative  Secretaries 
of  Foreign  Work  shall  be  members  of  this  committee. 

“  (2)  This  committee  shall  meet  in  connection  with 
the  regular  meetings  of  the  Woman’s  Department  and 
at  such  other  times  as  the  Administrative  Secretaries 
shall  deem  necessary. 

“  (3)  This  committee  shall  consider  items  pertaining 
to  the  work  of  the  Foreign  Section.  It  shall  study 
foreign  policies,  advise  with  the  Administrative  Secre¬ 
taries,  and  make  recommendations  to  the  Department 
of  Woman’s  Work.” 

By-Laws  of  the  Board  of  Missions,  Section  VIII 

“Each  department  shall  prepare  a  manual  for  its  own 
guidance  and  the  guidance  of  its  workers,  provided  said 
manual  shall  be  in  harmony  with  the  Constitution  and 
By-Laws  of  the  Board.” 

THE  AIMS  OF  MISSIONARY  WORK 

The  supreme  objective  of  missionary  work  is  to 
bring  individuals  into  fellowship  with  God  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  and  thus  to  lay  the  foundation 
for  the  establishment  of  a  Christian  social  order  that 
his  kingdom  may  come  and  his  will  be  done  on  earth 
as  it  is  in  heaven.  The  aim  includes  also  the  establish¬ 
ment  and  development  of  the  Christian  Church  in 
every  land  which  shall  be  self-supporting  and  self- 
propagating.  Every  form  of  missionary  work  would  be 
carried  on  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  the  largest  possible 
contribution  to  these  supreme  aims, 

^  ** 


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FORMS  OF  WORK 

The  following  are  the  approved  forms  of  organized 
missionary  work  for  women  and  girls  as  carried  on  by 
the  women  of  our  Church: 

Evangelistic  Work 

While  every  phase  of  work  in  the  mission  field  is 
expected  to  make  its  definite  contribution  to  evangelism, 
certain  types  of  work  are  for  convenience  classified 
as  distinctly  evangelistic.  There  are  at  least  three  types 
of  such  work  that  are  being  carried  on  by  the  women 
missionaries. 

1.  District  evangelistic  work  involves  itineration  of 
a  given  area  for  the  purpose  of  developing  the  work 
for  women  and  girls  in  the  various  Churches  and  of 
opening  new  centers.  It  embraces  the  conduct  of 
Bible  classes  and  institutes,  the  organization  and  super¬ 
vision  of  Women’s  Missionary  Societies,  including  in 
many  cases  the  preparation  of  literature  for  the  same, 
the  promotion  of  health  and  child  welfare  programs, 
and  the  supervision  of  the  work  of  the  native  Bible 
women  who,  with  the  missionaries,  compose  the  district 
evangelistic  staff.  In  some  cases  the  district  evangelistic 
worker  also  supervises  the  country  day  schools. 

2.  City  evangelistic  work  is  carried  on  in  connection 
with  large  city  Churches,  definitely  Institutional 
Churches,  and  in  social  evangelistic  centers  for  women 
and  girls.  This  work  embraces  every  form  of  social 
evangelistic  activity  that  is  approved  in  our  own  land. 
In  all  evangelistic  work,  programs  of  religious  education 
for  the  development  of  Christian  womanhood  are  em¬ 
ployed.  Evangelistic  missionaries  are  constantly  seek¬ 
ing  to  develop  Christian  workers. 

3.  There  are  evangelistic  workers  who  are  developing 
a  distinct  line  of  student  work,  involving  the  organiza¬ 
tion  of  student  volunteer  bands  in  schools  and  colleges, 
and  the  conduct  of  student  volunteer  conferences. 

Educational  Work 

Educational  processes  are  used  in  every  line  of  work 
even  in  the  most  distinctly  evangelistic  programs, 


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but  there  are  certain  forms  which  are  preeminently 
educational.  This  educational  program  for  women  and 
girls  embraces  many  schools  carrying  on  strictly  aca¬ 
demic  work.  These  schools  are  of  various  grades — 
kindergarten,  primary,  grammar,  high  school,  and 
college — the  latter  being  conducted  as  a  rule  in  union 
with  other  women’s  boards.  All  our  mission  schools 
emphasize  English  and  music.  In  all  fields  this  aca¬ 
demic  work  is  correlated  into  a  system  to  prevent  over¬ 
lapping  and  to  make  for  efficiency.  There  are  also 
provisions  in  every  field  for  vocational  training,  such  as 
normal  schools  or  departments  for  the  training  of 
teachers,  Bible  schools  or  seminaries  or  departments  for 
the  special  training  of  Christian  workers,  and  in  some 
fields  even  business  schools  or  departments  for  the  train¬ 
ing  of  Christian  business  women.  The  Bible  is  taught 
in  all  mission  schools  and  is  a  part  of  the  regular  course. 

Medical  Work 

Medical  work  has  always  been  regarded  as  one  of 
the  most  Christlike  forms  of  missionary  endeavor.  It 
is  one  of  the  best  ways  of  interpreting  the  real  heart  of 
our  gospel.  In  most  mission  fields  there  is  a  very  great 
call  to  alleviate  human  suffering  and  to  help  in  the 
training  of  native  Christian  doctors  and  nurses.  The 
following  are  the  phases  of  medical  work  that  are  being 
carried  on:  The  establishment  and  support  of  a  medical 
school  for  women  in  one  field  and,  in  most  of  the  mis¬ 
sion  fields,  the  support  of  nurse-training  schools  and 
missionary  nurses  for  the  hospitals.  In  some  fields  the 
women  are  cooperating  with  the  General  Department 
of  the  Board  and  with  other  boards  in  the  support  of 
hospitals.  In  connection  with  the  social  evangelistic 
centers,  dispensaries  and  baby  welfare  clinics  are  con¬ 
ducted,  and  beginnings  are  being  laid  in  public  health 
work.  In  all  this  a  wonderful  opportunity  is  given  for 
evangelistic  effort. 

Literary  Work 

More  and  more  it  is  evident  that  one  of  the  greatest 
needs  on  the  mission  field  is  Christian  literature. 


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Certain  women  who  have  manifested  a  special  ability 
along  literary  lines  are  devoting  themselves  entirely 
to  this  work  in  three  fields.  This  work  embraces  the 
translation  of  books,  especially  biographies  and  chil¬ 
dren’s  stories;  the  writing  of  books  and  stories;  the 
creation  and  publication  of  children’s  magazines, 
tracts,  and  leaflets  for  the  building  up  of  Christian 
life;  the  preparation  of  yearbooks  and  literature  for  the 
use  of  Women’s  Missionary  Societies,  including  the 
preparation  of  mission  study  books. 

Associated  with  the  missionaries  are  native  young  wom¬ 
en  who  are  being  trained  for  leadership  in  literary  work. 

Industrial  Work 

In  only  one  field  thus  far  have  we  a  separate  indus¬ 
trial  school,  but  in  almost  all  the  fields  there  are  self- 
help  departments  in  the  schools  where  some  form  of 
industrial  work  is  carried  on.  The  attempt  is  made 
to  relate  this  work  to  the  need  in  the  homes  of  the  girls. 
There  is  an  urgent  call  for  the  development  of  this  form 
of  missionary  service,  which  requires  a  very  specialized 
form  of  training  on  the  part  of  the  missionaries. 

Business 

On  most  of  the  mission  fields  it  is  necessary  to  appoint 
at  least  one  worker,  usually  one  of  experience,  who  shall 
serve  as  treasurer,  official  correspondent,  and  business 
manager.  These  workers  usually  live  in  a  port  city. 
They  do  the  banking  for  the  missionaries,  keep  the 
financial  records,  arrange  for  sailings,  and  attend  to 
countless  other  matters.  While  serving  primarily  the 
mission  and  the  missionaries,  their  appointment  is 
regarded  as  distinctly  missionary. 

RELATION  OF  MISSIONARIES  TO  THE  BOARD 

OF  MISSIONS 

Acceptance  and  Status 

When  a  foreign  missionary  candidate  has  been  ac¬ 
cepted  by  the  Candidates  Committee  of  the  Board  of 


Foreign  missionary  manual  li 

Missions,  her  official  relationship  as  a  missionary  of  the 
Board  begins.  The  definite  assignment  to  field  is  made 
by  the  Candidates  Committee  on  the  recommendation 
of  the  Administrative  Secretaries  after  conference  with 
the  missionary.  Plans  for  the  use  of  the  time  interven¬ 
ing  between  acceptance  and  sailing  for  the  field  should 
be  made  in  consultation  with  the  Administrative 
Secretary  in  charge  of  the  field  to  which  the  missionary 
is  assigned. 

Responsibility  to  the  Board 

Missionaries  are  not  employees  of  the  Board  in  the 
ordinary  sense.  They  are  the  Board  of  Missions  in 
action  on  the  foreign  fields.  In  the  field  and  in  the 
homeland,  the  Board  is  judged  by  the  work,  the  spir¬ 
itual  attitude,  and  the  character  of  its  missionaries. 
Their  devotion  and  efficient  service  bring  honor  to  our 
Lord  and  his  cause,  as  well  as  to  the  Board  they  repre¬ 
sent.  Mistakes  and  imprudence  reflect  on  the  mission¬ 
ary  cause  and  on  the  Board.  This  remains  true  as  long 
as  the  missionaries  bear  relation  to  the  Board  and  its 
work,  whether  on  the  field  or  on  furlough. 

Obligation  for  Life  Service 

Missionaries  are  not  required  to  sign  a  written  con¬ 
tract.  There  are,  however,  moral  and  financial  obliga¬ 
tions  which  should  be  regarded  as  binding  on  both 
parties.  While  it  is  the  understanding  of  the  Board  that 
missionaries  enter  upon  their  work  for  life,  circum¬ 
stances  may  arise  which  would  make  this  impossible. 
Obligation  to  the  Board  should  be  considered  so  binding 
as  to  delay  a  resignation  for  the  purpose  of  marriage 
until  the  close  of  a  given  term  of  service.  Each  time  a 
missionary  goes  to  the  field  she  shall  be  regarded  as 
going  for  a  specified  period  of  service  unless  prevented 
by  ill  health.  A  missionary  returning  home  before 
the  completion  of  her  time  of  service  shall  bear  the 
expense  of  travel,  except  in  case  of  her  illness.  Three 
months’  notice  shall  be  given  of  intention  to  withdraw 
from  service. 


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Recall 

If  a  missionary  evinces  unfitness  for  the  work  through 
inability  to  acquire  the  language,  failure  to  adapt 
herself  to  conditions  on  the  field,  inharmonious  rela¬ 
tions  with  her  associates,  or  through  any  other  condi¬ 
tion  that  hinders  her  largest  usefulness,  she  may  be 
recalled  by  the  Board.  In  such  cases  expenses  home 
will  be  paid  by  the  Board,  and  a  temporary  grant  will 
be  made,  provided  that  such  aid  shall  cease  when  the 
missionary  enters  remunerative  employment,  and  that 
in  no  case  shall  such  aid  exceed  the  regular  furlough 
allowance  for  six  months  from  the  date  of  her  departure 
from  the  field. 

Resignation 

If  a  resignation  is  necessary,  it  should  take  effect 
at  a  furlough  period.  Missionaries  who  resign  within 
the  first  five  years  for  any  other  cause  than  ill  health 
shall  refund  the  amount  paid  for  outfit  and  travel  and 
for  missionary  training,  with  a  twenty-five  per  cent 
deduction  for  each  year  of  service  after  the  second 
year.  A  failure  to  recognize  obligation  for  service 
causes  dissatisfaction  on  the  part  of  the  supporting 
constituency. 

Obligation  for  the  Use  of  Time 

The  time  and  labor  of  missionaries  should  be  devoted 
exclusively  to  the  interests  of  the  Board  and  the 
mission  with  which  they  are  connected.  They  may 
not  receive  compensation  other  than  their  missionary 
allowance  for  any  work  unless  specifically  authorized. 
Special  remuneration  for  work  shall  accrue  to  the 
treasury  of  the  institution  with  which  the  missionary  is 
connected  or  to  the  Contingent  Fund  of  the  Mission. 
The  work  of  translating  and  preparing  religious  and 
educational  books  should  not  be  undertaken  by  indi¬ 
viduals  without  authorization  of  the  Board,  upon  the 
recommendation  of  the  Mission  or  the  missionaries  in 
annual  meeting. 


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SALARY 

Amount 

Missionaries  shall  receive  $750  for  the  first  year  of 
service  on  the  field,  except  in  the  Japan,  Korea,  and 
Siberia  Missions,  where  the  salary  for  the  first  year 
shall  be  $850.  After  the  first  year,  the  salary  of  mis¬ 
sionaries  shall  be  $900,  except  in  Japan,  Korea,  and 
Siberia,  it  shall  be  $1,000.  In  all  cases  furlough  salary 
shall  be  $900.  In  case  of  appointment  to  union  institu¬ 
tions,  salaries  shall  conform  to  the  regulations  of  the 
institutions.  The  salary  of  new  missionaries  shall  begin 
with  the  date  of  sailing.  All  salaries  of  missionaries 
shall  be  paid  quarterly  in  advance. 

Perquisites 

The  Board  provides  the  home  or  room  on  the  field 
with  heat,  light,  and  heavy  furniture,  in  addition  to 
salary.  The  missionaries  pay  their  own  board  and 
other  living  expenses. 

OUTFITS  AND  REFITS 

Outfits 

The  Board  shall  provide  a  fund  for  the  outfit  of  each 
new  missionary.  The  amount  allowed  to  all  fields  shall 
be  $250,  except  that  in  the  case  of  the  Congo  Mission 
and  the  Siberia  Mission  the  amount  shall  be  $350. 
Medical  missionaries  shall  receive  the  same  personal 
outfit  as  other  missionaries.  No  fixed  rule  can  be 
made  for  medical  outfits,  since  conditions  vary  in  the 
different  missions.  Surgical  and  medical  outfits  pro¬ 
vided  by  the  Board,  in  case  of  the  retirement  of  the 
missionary,  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  Mission  in 
accordance  with  instructions  from  the  Board.  Outfit 
allowances  shall  be  available  in  time  to  make  necessary 
purchases  before  sailing  and  should  be  invested  by 
each  missionary  in  conformity  with  instructions  from 
the  Administrative  Secretary,  setting  forth  the  special 
demands  of  the  field  to  which  she  is  appointed.  It  is 
the  policy  of  the  Board  to  keep  missionary  homes  pro¬ 
vided  with  heavy  furniture,  so  that  new  missionaries 
need  not  take  furniture  with  them  to  the  field. 


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Refits 

After  each  full  term  of  service,  a  refit  of  $150  shall 
be  granted  when  the  return  of  the  missionary  to  the 
field  is  authorized.  Missionaries  who  have  served  only 
a  part  of  a  term  are  not  entitled  to  a  refit  allowance. 

TRAVEL 

General  Regulations 

Traveling  expenses  to  and  from  the  field  shall  be 
provided  by  the  Board.  The  Board  will  make  steam¬ 
ship  arrangements  to  the  field,  and  the  missionaries  shall 
make  arrangements  for  their  return  from  the  field. 
Funds  for  return  travel  will  be  sent  in  advance  to  the 
field.  The  Board  defrays  expenses  of  railroad  and 
steamship  travel  only  by  the  most  direct  route  and  the 
most  economical  steamship  accommodations  consistent 
with  health  and  comfort.  If  a  missionary  prefers  to 
travel  on  a  more  expensive  scale,  the  difference  should 
be  met  personally.  Expenses  caused  by  delay  en 
route,  unless  required  by  health  or  otherwise  un¬ 
avoidable,  are  not  to  be  charged  to  the  Board.  Travel 
expenses  cover  railroad  ticket,  Pullman  fare,  meals, 
baggage  and  personal  transfer,  excess  baggage,  passport 
fees  and  vises,  necessary  hotel  bills,  official  telegrams, 
moderate  tips  on  the  steamships,  and  for  other  necessary 
service. 

Clergy  Permits 

When  a  missionary  has  been  accepted  by  the  Board 
and  given  a  field  assignment,  the  Administrative  Sec¬ 
retary  will  supply  her  with  blanks  and  certificates  with 
which  to  make  application  for  clergy  permits.  In  no 
case  should  any  missionary  make  application  to  one  of 
the  Clergy  Bureaus  without  having  secured  first  a 
certificate  from  the  Administrative  Secretary  which 
shall  identify  her  as  a  duly  accredited  missionary  under 
the  Board  of  Missions,  with  salary  and  definite  ap¬ 
pointment.  The  Board  will  furnish  the  fee  for  the 
permits  for  new  missionaries  and  missionaries  on  fur¬ 
lough  as  an  item  of  travel  expense. 


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The  Administrative  Secretary  will  send  application 
blanks  to  the  field  for  the  use  of  missionaries  expecting 
to  return  to  the  homeland.  These  blanks  should  be 
filled  promptly  and  returned  to  the  Secretary.  In 
filling  out  the  blanks,  the  sections  for  indorsement  of 
railroad  agent  and  clergyman  should  be  left  vacant, 
and  the  permit  should  be  ordered  sent  to  Nashville,  in 
care  of  the  Administrative  Secretary.  If  the  permits 
are  issued  by  the  Clergy  Bureaus  in  time,  the  Secretary 
will  forward  them  to  the  field.  Otherwise,  they  will  be 
sent  to  the  missionary  at  the  port  of  landing,  in  care 
of  the  steamship  company.  It  is  very  important, 
therefore,  that  the  Secretary  be  notified  in  advance 
(by  cable  if  necessary)  of  the  name  of  the  steamer  and 
the  approximate  date  of  arrival. 

In  the  event  of  a  missionary’s  coming  home  on  short 
notice,  the  Secretary  should  be  advised  by  cable 
of  the  name  of  the  steamer  and  port  of  landing,  so 
that  a  missionary  certificate  may  be  sent  in  care  of  the 
steamship  company,  by  means  of  which  it  may  be 
possible  for  her  to  secure  clergy  rates. 

A  missionary  arriving  at  port  without  a  clergy  permit 
should  inquire  at  the  city  steamship  office  for  her  mail, 
in  case  she  should  not  have  received  the  permit  or 
certificate  in  the  mail  delivered  on  the  steamer. 

No  missionary  should  purchase  at  Board  expense  a 
railroad  ticket  at  full  fare  without  permission  from 
the  Nashville  office.  By  means  of  such  cooperation,  a 
great  economy  may  be  effected  in  furlough  travel. 

In  case  a  missionary  should  sever  her  connection 
with  the  Board  before  the  expiration  of  her  clergy 
permit,  she  should  return  it  to  the  Administrative 
Secretary. 

Passports 

The  regulations  regarding  passports  issued  by  the 
United  States  change  frequently;  therefore,  it  would  be 
useless  to  give  instructions  in  detail.  At  the  present 
time  (1925)  passports  are  required  by  the  government, 
or  are  deemed  essential  by  the  Board,  to  all  fields  in 
which  our  Church  has  work  except  to  Mexico  and 


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Cuba.  The  Administrative  Secretary  will  give  to  the 
missionaries  all  necessary  instructions  and  send  proper 
forms  and  credentials  for  making  application  for  pass¬ 
ports.  The  fee  charged  by  the  United  States  for  pass¬ 
ports  and  the  cost  of  passport  pictures  and  consular 
vises  will  be  considered  as  items  of  travel  expense.  The 
matter  of  securing  a  passport  should  be  taken  up  with 
the  Secretary  not  later  than  six  weeks  before  sailing. 
A  birth  certificate  is  required  of  each  person  who  makes 
application  for  a  passport.  In  order  to  avoid  unneces¬ 
sary  delay,  the  missionary  should  secure  her  birth 
certificate  as  soon  as  possible  after  she  has  been  accepted 
by  the  Board.  It  is  well  to  have  several  copies  of  the 
birth  certificate,  or  to  have  a  number  of  certified  copies 
made  for  future  use. 

Baggage  Allowance 

The  usual  baggage  allowance  granted  by  steamship 
companies  is  three  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  If  the 
order  for  the  steamship  ticket  is  presented  when  pur¬ 
chasing  the  railroad  ticket  to  port,  the  same  allowance 
can  usually  be  secured  from  the  railroad  company  by 
missionaries  to  Oriental  fields.  Excess  baggage  not  to 
exceed  one  hundred  pounds  will  be  allowed  by  the  Board 
as  an  item  of  travel  expense. 

Report  of  Expenses 

Forms  for  reporting  travel  expenses  are  furnished 
by  the  Secretary,  and  report  of  expenses  of  both  out¬ 
going  and  incoming  trips  should  be  made  to  the  Ad¬ 
ministrative  Secretary  immediately  upon  arrival.  Any 
adjustment  of  travel  balances  or  deficits  will  be  made 
when  the  salary  next  due  shall  be  payable,  unless  other¬ 
wise  designated  by  the  Secretary. 

MEDICAL  ALLOWANCE 

Purpose 

It  is  the  desire  and  purpose  of  the  Board  to  conserve 
the  health  of  its  missionaries,  as  far  as  it  is  able,  by 
providing  healthful  living  conditions  and  meeting  the 
expenses  o  '  medical  examinations  annually. 


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Medical  Fund 

An  allowance  of  four  per  cent  of  the  total  salary- 
appropriation  of  each  field  is  granted  as  a  medical  fund 
for  the  missionaries  of  that  field  to  cover  the  cost  of 
medical  examinations,  necessary  travel  for  medical 
care  and  examinations,  and  to  aid  in  cases  of  sickness  of 
missionaries  either  on  the  field  or  on  furlough.  This 
fund  shall  be  sent  quarterly  to  the  treasurer  of  the  field, 
to  be  administered  according  to  the  policy  indorsed  by 
the  Board  for  that  Mission,  it  being  understood  that 
in  cases  of  illness  of  missionaries  on  furlough  the 
amounts  granted  to  them  shall  be  deducted  from  the 
quarterly  allowance  due  the  field.  In  the  event  there  is 
no  field  treasurer,  the  amounts  granted  to  missionaries 
in  case  of  illness  shall  be  sent  to  them  individually. 
In  view  of  the  free  treatment  received  in  mission 
hospitals  in  various  fields  and  the  courtesies  extended 
to  missionaries  by  many  of  the  best  surgeons  and  hos¬ 
pitals  in  the  United  States,  it  is  expected  that  the  medi¬ 
cal  appropriation  will  be  sufficient  to  meet  the  needs 
of  all  who  may  have  a  claim  upon  it.  Dentists’  bills 
and  bills  for  glasses  are  not  chargeable  to  this  fund. 
Such  expenses  are  met  personally  by  the  missionaries. 

Medical  Examinations 

Each  missionary  is  required  to  have  an  annual 
medical  examination,  the  report  of  which  shall  be  sent 
to  the  Administrative  Secretary.  Missionaries  return¬ 
ing  on  furlough  shall  bring  a  physician’s  report  of  their 
physical  condition,  which  shall  be  accompanied  by  a 
translation  when  written  in  a  foreign  language.  Upon 
reaching  the  homeland,  after  consultation  with  the 
Secretary,  missionaries  shall  be  examined  by  the 
Medical  Examiner  of  the  Board  unless  determined 
otherwise. 

Fatal  Illness 

In  case  of  the  fatal  illness  of  a  missionary,  involving 
unusual  expense,  a  part  of  the  unused  salary  appro¬ 
priation  may  be  granted,  if  circumstances  require,  to 


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cover  medical  and  funeral  expenses.  Official  certificate 
of  the  death  of  the  missionary,  prepared  by  the  Con¬ 
sular  Service  and  physician  in  charge,  should  be  sent 
to  the  Administrative  Secretary  as  soon  as  possible. 

LANGUAGE  STUDY 

Requirements 

Ability  to  speak  and  to  write  the  native  language  is, 
as  a  rule,  essential  to  effective  missionary  service. 
Our  Missions  are  required  to  provide  proper  courses  in 
language  study  and  to  arrange  for  examinations 
periodically,  the  results  of  which  shall  be  reported 
annually  by  the  Language  Study  Committee  to  the 
Administrative  Secretary  in  charge  of  the  work.  No 
exemption  from  language  study  and  examinations  shall 
be  allowed  by  the  Language  Study  Committee  without 
the  consent  of  the  Board.  In  China,  Japan,  and  Korea 
interdenominational  language  schools  have  been  es¬ 
tablished. 

Provisions  for  Study 

New  missionaries  shall  be  required  to  spend  the  first 
year  on  the  field  in  language  school,  in  case  there  is  such 
a  school.  Otherwise,  they  should  follow  the  course  in 
language  study  prescribed  in  their  respective  fields. 
In  case  authorization  is  granted  for  part-time  work  the 
first  year,  it  shall  be  understood  that  the  full  morning 
hours  shall  be  allowed  for  language  study.  In  China 
and  Korea  one-half  time  of  the  second  and  third  years 
shall  be  allowed  for  language  study,  preferably  the 
morning  hours.  In  Japan,  the  whole  of  the  second  year 
and  half-time  of  the  third  year  shall  be  given  to  lan¬ 
guage  study.  Tuition  fees  during  the  first  three  years 
shall  be  paid  by  the  Board. 

Obligation  of  the  Missionary 

Missionaries  are  required  to  complete  the  required 
courses  within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  Mission,  un¬ 
less  excused  by  the  Board.  In  case  the  Board  finds  it 
necessary  in  an  emergency  to  place  such  responsibility 


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upon  a  missionary  in  her  first  three  years  as  to  interrupt 
her  language  study,  the  time  for  the  completion  of  the 
course  shall  be  extended.  If  a  missionary  fails  to  take 
advantage  of  the  provision  for  language  study  or  shows 
marked  inability  to  acquire  the  language,  the  Board 
reserves  the  right  to  refuse  to  return  her  to  the  field 
for  a  second  term  of  service. 

TERM  OF  SERVICE 

In  all  the  fields  the  first  term  of  service  is  five  years, 
with  the  exception  of  the  Congo  Mission,  where  the 
term  of  service  is  three  years.  In  some  cases  the  first 
term  is  somewhat  longer  than  five  years,  due  to  the 
new  missionaries  arriving  on  the  field  in  the  middle  of 
the  school  year;  therefore,  in  their  fifth  year  it  is  neces¬ 
sary  for  them  to  remain  until  the  regular  vacation 
period.  After  the  first  term  the  period  of  service  is 
six  years  in  all  fields  except  Brazil,  where  it  is  five 
years,  and  the  Congo  Mission,  where  it  is  three  years. 

VACATION 

Missionaries  shall  arrange  their  work  so  as  to  allow 
one  month  of  vacation  during  the  year,  which  shall 
be  spent,  if  possible,  away  from  the  mission  station. 
No  missionary  should  leave  the  field  for  her  vacation 
without  special  permission.  These  regulations  apply 
also  to  workers  under  contract  for  three  or  five  years. 

FURLOUGHS  AND  RESIGNATIONS 

Furlough  Requirements 

Although  the  appointment  of  the  missionary  is  to 
life  service,  at  stated  periods  she  is  expected  to  come 
home  on  furlough.  Each  missionary  who  intends  to 
remain  with  the  Board  shall  be  granted  a  furlough  year 
after  each  regular  term  of  service,  unless  in  case  of 
emergency  the  Board  determines  otherwise.  Furlough 
travel  to  and  from  the  United  States  will  be  paid  by 
the  Board.  It  is  expected  that  the  furlough  will  be 
entered  upon  just  before  the  heated  term  or  vacation 


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period  in  the  mission  and  that  the  missionary  will  be 
back  upon  the  field  at  the  close  of  the  heated  term  or 
vacation  period  the  following  year. 

Purposes  of  Furlough 

The  purposes  of  the  furlough  year  are:  Physical 
reinvigoration,  mental  upbuilding,  spiritual  stimulus, 
renewed  contact  with  the  homeland  and  loved  ones, 
and  the  cultivation  of  the  constituency  at  home. 
Decision  as  to  the  use  of  the  furlough  period  shall 
be  reached  through  consultation  with  the  Administra¬ 
tive  Secretary  and  shall  be  based  upon  medical  advice. 
The  first  furlough  is  the  most  important  to  the  mis¬ 
sionary.  Having  measured  her  own  strength  and  ability 
against  the  needs  and  opportunities  of  the  field,  she 
is  now  ready  to  make  a  more  specialized  preparation 
for  her  life  service. 

Furlough  Study 

When  a  missionary  on  furlough  is  pursuing  a  course 
of  specialized  study  approved  by  the  Mission  and  by 
the  Administrative  Secretaries,  it  is  the  policy  of  the 
Board  to  provide  tuition.  It  is  understood  when  tuition 
is  granted,  it  shall  be  for  serious  work  for  credit.  It 
is  expected  that  furloughed  missionaries  study  within 
the  bounds  of  their  own  Church  unless  the  type 
of  specialized  training  required  by  the  Mission  should 
make  this  impossible.  Extension  of  furlough  with  salary 
and  tuition  may  be  granted  for  specialized  training  at 
the  end  of  the  first  term  of  service  if  recommended  by 
the  Mission  and  approved  by  the  Board,  this  to  be 
planted  only  when  the  regular  furlough  period  proves 
inadequate.  This  provision  for  extension  of  furlough 
for  study  does  not  apply  after  the  first  furlough. 

Extension  of  Furlough  without  Salary 

Extension  of  furlough  without  salary  may  be  granted 
to  missionaries  who,  for  family  or  other  personal 
reasons,  find  it  necessary  to  spend  longer  than  the  regu¬ 
lation  furlough  time  away  from  the  field. 


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Resignation  at  Furlough  Periods 

If  a  resignation  is  necessary,  it  shall,  if  possible,  take 
effect  at  the  end  of  a  term  of  service.  Whenever  a 
missionary  comes  home  with  no  reasonable  probability 
of  returning  to  the  field,  arrangements  should  be  made 
as  soon  as  possible  with  reference  to  severing  official 
relations  with  the  Board.  In  case  of  a  resignation  at 
the  end  of  a  full  term  of  service,  furlough  salary  will  be 
granted  for  one  or  more  quarters,  based  on  the  number 
of  years  the  missionary  has  served.  In  case  of  a  resig¬ 
nation  before  the  end  of  the  term  of  service,  the  mis¬ 
sionary  shall  be  entitled  to  salary  only  for  the  length 
of  time  she  renders  actual  service. 

REPORTS  TO  THE  BOARD 

Personal 

Each  missionary,  including  contract  workers,  shall 
make  annual  report  descriptive  of  her  work.  These 
personal  reports  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  Admin¬ 
istrative  Secretary  not  later  than  December  31.  Mis¬ 
sionaries  in  charge  of  institutions  or  lines  of  work  shall 
report  in  full  the  work  that  falls  under  their  supervision, 
regardless  of  the  personal  reports  of  other  workers. 

Financial 

All  field  and  station  treasurers  and  missionaries  at 
the  head  of  institutions  or  in  charge  of  lines  of  work  shall 
send  quarterly  and  annual  reports  setting  forth  in 
detail  an  account  of  all  moneys  received  and  expended. 
The  yearly  report  should  show  the  true  balance  or 
deficit  and  should  be  accompanied  by  the  auditor’s 
report.  All  financial  reports  should  be  in  gold.  Annual 
reports  shall  be  in  the  hands  of  the  Administrative 
Secretary  not  later  than  February  15. 

Statistical 

Missionaries  in  charge  of  work  shall  make  annual 
statistical  reports,  including  property  valuation,  using 
blank  forms  furnished  by  the  Board. 


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REPORTS  OF  BUDGET  SPECIALS 

General  Statement 

Whenever  items  of  the  missionary  budget,  such  as 
missionaries’  salaries,  scholarships,  Bible  women,  and 
day  schools,  are  assigned  to  individuals  for  support 
as  specials,  it  is  essential  that  reports  be  sent  at  regular 
intervals  through  the  office  of  the  Administrative  Sec¬ 
retary.  These  reports  should  be  made  or  arranged  for 
by  the  heads  of  institutions  or  lines  of  work.  However, 
when  a  missionary  is  supported  as  a  special,  it  shall  be  her 
duty  to  communicate  personally  with  her  supporters. 

Scholarships 

Each  scholarship  appropriated  to  a  school  should  be 
reported  quarterly.  The  principal  of  the  school  is 
primarily  responsible  for  these  reports,  whether  she 
writes  them  herself  or  assigns  this  duty  to  some  other 
member  of  the  faculty. 

It  is  not  essential  that  these  reports  be  long,  but 
they  should  be  as  much  as  two  hundred  words  as  a 
minimum.  The  reports  may  contain  general  statements 
about  the  school,  but  the  main  emphasis  should  be 
placed  upon  the  student.  Occasionally,  a  letter  from 
the  student  may  be  substituted  for  the  report.  Each 
report  should  be  written  on  a  separate  sheet,  preferably 
on  the  school  letterhead,  and  should  be  dated  and 
signed  by  the  missionary.  The  American  name  of  the 
special  and  the  name  and  address  of  the  supporter 
will  be  kept  in  the  Nashville  office  only.  Therefore, 
it  is  suggested  that  the  report  should  be  addressed  “To 
the  Supporter  of  the  Scholarship  in  (name)  School, 
assigned  to  (name  of  student).”  Copies  of  all  such 
reports  should  be  kept  on  file  in  the  school. 

The  scholarship  reports  should  be  sent  promptly  each 
quarter  to  the  Administrative  Secretaiy  in  Nashville, 
who  will  forward  them  to  the  supporters.  In  the  event 
a  scholarship  student  drops  out  of  school,  or  for  any 
cause  ceases  to  be  a  beneficiary,  a  covering  letter  should 
be  sent  to  the  Secretary,  giving  the  reasons  and  also 
the  name  of  the  new  student  selected  to  fill  the  vacancy. 


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Bible  Women 

Each  missionary  directing  the  work  of  Bible  women 
or  other  evangelistic  workers  should  make  a  report 
quarterly  of  the  work  of  each  one. 

These  reports  need  not  be  long,  but  they  should  not 
contain  less  than  two  hundred  words.  General  state¬ 
ments  about  the  evangelistic  work  may  be  included  in 
the  reports,  but  the  chief  interest  should  center  in  the 
work  of  the  individual  Bible  women.  Occasionally  a 
letter  from  the  Bible  woman  will  be  appreciated. 
Pictures  are  often  helpful.  Each  report  should  be 
written  on  a  separate  sheet,  preferably  official  station¬ 
ery,  and  should  be  dated  and  signed  by  the  missionary. 
The  American  name  of  the  special  and  the  names  and 
addresses  of  the  supporters  will  be  kept  in  the  Nashville 
office  only.  Therefore,  it  is  suggested  that  the  reports 
be  addressed  “To  the  Supporter  of  (name)  Bible 
Woman,  located  (name  of  station  and  mission)”.  Copies 
of  all  reports  should  be  kept  on  file  by  the  missionaries 
for  reference. 

The  reports  of  Bible  women  should  be  sent  promptly 
each  quarter  to  the  Administrative  Secretary  in  Nash¬ 
ville,  who  will  forward  them  to  the  supporters.  In 
the  event  a  Bible  woman  has  dropped  out  for  any 
reason  and  another  woman  has  been  employed  in  her 
place,  a  covering  letter  should  be  written  to  the  Sec¬ 
retary  giving  the  facts  and  also  giving  the  name  of  the 
new  appointee. 

Day  Schools 

Missionaries  who  have  charge  of  day  schools  and 
kindergartens  should  make  quarterly  reports,  which  can 
be  forwarded  to  the  supporters.  These  reports  should 
be  sent  to  the  Administrative  Secretary  in  Nashville, 
who  will  forward  them  to  the  interested  persons. 

RETIREMENT  AND  RELIEF 

Emeritus  Missionaries 

Whenever  a  missionary  has  served  not  less  than  thirty 
years  in  continuous  active  service  and  has  reached  the 


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age  of  sixty-five,  she  shall  be  regarded  as  having  ful¬ 
filled  her  obligation  for  life  service  and  shall  become  an 
Emeritus  Missionary.  She  may  continue  in  the  service 
until  the  furlough  nearest  her  sixty-seventh  birthday, 
provided  the  Mission  and  the  Board  approve,  at  which 
time  she  shall  withdraw  from  the  mission  field  unless 
exception  be  made  by  the  Board  for  one  year  at  a  time, 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  bishop  in  charge,  the 
Mission,  and  the  medical  examiner.  An  Emeritus 
Missionary  who  remains  on  the  field  under  these 
conditions  shall  be  relieved  of  regular  appointment. 
An  Emeritus  Missionary,  whether  at  home  or  on  the 
field,  shall  receive  $900  a  year  as  salary.  An  Emeritus 
Missionary  who  has  been  permitted  to  remain  on  the 
field  may  elect  to  return  to  the  homeland  at  any  time 
with  her  expenses  paid  by  the  Board,  it  being  under¬ 
stood  that  her  expenses  back  to  the  field  will  in  no  case 
be  paid  by  the  Board. 

Retired  Missionaries 

When  a  missionary  who  has  given  twenty  years  or 
more  of  continuous  service  finds  it  necessary  to  retire 
from  the  field  for  health  reasons  or  is  retired  by  the 
Board,  she  may  be  granted  an  allowance,  the  amount 
to  be  determined  by  the  Retirement  Committee  of  the 
Woman’s  Department. 

Disabled  Missionaries 

When  a  missionary  who  has  given  less  than  twenty 
years  of  service  becomes  disabled,  for  health  reasons, 
the  Board  will  bear  the  expense  of  her  travel  to  the 
homeland.  She  may  be  granted  financial  aid,  with  the 
understanding  that  her  case  will  be  handled  on  its  merits. 

Withdrawals  for  Personal  Reasons 

When  a  missionary  withdraws  for  personal  reasons 
at  the  end  of  a  regular  term  of  service,  the  Board  will 
pay  her  travel  from  the  field.  Her  salary  shall  cease  at 
the  end  of  the  quarter  in  which  she  returns.  If  she 
should  withdraw  before  the  end  of  a  regular  term  of 
service,  the  Board  will  not  be  responsible  for  her 


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travel,  and  her  salary  shall  cease  at  the  time  of  her 
withdrawal  from  service. 

WORKERS  UNDER  CONTRACT  FOR  THREE 

OR  FIVE  YEARS 

How  Employed 

When  there  is  an  emergency  on  the  field,  contract 
workers  may  be  employed  for  a  term  of  three  or  five 
years.  An  applicant  for  contract  work  should  apply 
to  the  Candidate  Secretary  or  to  the  Administrative 
Secretary  in  charge  of  the  field  in  which  she  desires 
to  serve.  A  personal  letter  setting  forth  her  reasons 
for  seeking  to  enter  missionary  service  and  giving  a 
sketch  of  her  life,  a  health  report  giving  the  result  of  an 
examination  by  a  reputable  physician,  and  testimonials 
from  instructors,  principals  of  schools,  pastors,  and 
women  prominent  in  Church  and  missionary  work, 
should  accompany  the  application.  Application  and 
medical  blanks  will  be  furnished  by  the  Secretary. 
Such  contract  workers  are  employed  only  when  they 
have  been  accepted  by  the  Candidates  Committee  of 
the  Board. 

Appointments 

While  contract  workers  are  engaged  and  accepted 
to  meet  definite  needs  in  the  field,  it  is  with  the  under¬ 
standing  that  they  are  subject  to  appointment  by  the 
bishop  in  charge  and  that  their  appointments  may  be 
changed,  should  the  needs  of  the  work  require  it. 

Status  and  Obligation 

Workers  under  contract  for  three  or  five  years  shall 
meet  all  the  requirements  for  missionaries,  except 
specialized  missionary  training.  They  shall  be  regarded 
as  associate  members  of  the  Mission  without  vote,  and 
they  shall  bear  the  same  responsibility  in  the  work  and 
to  the  Board  as  missionaries.  Mistakes  and  imprudence 
on  the  part  of  contract  workers  bring  reproach  on  the 
missionary  cause  and  on  the  Board  of  Missions. 


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Travel  and  Compensation 

The  Board  shall  be  responsible  for  the  travel  of 
contract  workers  to  and  from  the  field,  but  no  money 
for  outfit  shall  be  granted.  No  time  or  money  shall  be 
granted  for  language  study,  except  in  special  cases 
recommended  by  the  Mission.  The  salary  of  workers 
under  contract  for  five  years  in  the  first  term  of  service 
shall  be  that  of  a  first-year  missionary.  In  case  of 
renewal  of  contract,  it  shall  be  that  of  a  full  missionary. 
In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  cost  of  travel  of  three-year 
contract  workers  is  the  same  as  that  of  five-year  workers, 
while  the  return  in  service  is  less,  their  salary  shall  be 
fifty  dollars  per  year  less  than  that  of  five-year  contract 
workers. 

Medical  Allowance 

Medical  allowance  shall  be  granted  to  five-  and  three- 
year  workers  on  the  regular  basis  for  missionaries 
while  on  the  field.  This  responsibility  ceases  when  the 
worker  reaches  home,  except  in  extraordinary  health 
conditions,  provided  the  period  of  responsibility  shall 
in  no  case  be  extended  more  than  one  year. 

Vacations 

Contract  workers  are  allowed  a  month’s  vacation 
each  year.  Vacation  or  furlough  salary  is  not  granted 
to  such  workers  at  the  close  of  their  term  of  service, 
except  in  cases  where  the  contract  is  renewed.  They 
a^e  not  entitled  to  retirement  allowance  after  with¬ 
drawing  from  the  work. 

Board 

Contract  workers  shall  pay  for  board  the  same 
amount  as  the  missionaries. 

Cancellation  of  Contract 

In  case  a  contract  worker  resigns  before  the  comple¬ 
tion  of  her  contract,  she  shall  forfeit  the  right  to  return 
travel,  and  her  salary  shall  cease  when  her  service 
ceases.  The  Board  reserves  the  right  to  cancel  con- 


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tracts  in  cases  of  unfitness  for  the  work.  In  such  cases, 
the  Board  shall  pay  the  return  travel. 

Clergy  Permits 

Workers  under  contract  for  five  or  three  years  are 
entitled  to  the  special  rates  granted  to  missionaries 
by  transportation  companies.  (See  paragraph  on 
Clergy  Permits,  under  Travel  of  Missionaries,  for 
instructions.) 

WORKERS  UNDER  CONTRACT  FOR  ONE  YEAR 

Qualifications 

One-year  workers  shall  not  be  sent  to  distant  fields 
and  shall  be  employed  in  near-by  fields  only  to  meet 
emergencies.  Such  workers  shall  be  women  of  approved 
Christian  character  and  qualified  in  experience  and 
training  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  work.  The  minimum 
age  for  such  workers  shall  be  twenty-four  years.  When 
in  any  field  a  worker  is  employed  locally  to  meet  an 
emergency,  the  contract  shall  be  for  one  year  at  a  time. 
In  such  cases,  the  Board  will  assume  no  responsibility 
for  travel. 

Status 

Workers  under  contract  for  one  year  shall  not  be 
regarded  as  members  of  the  Mission,  and  their  relation¬ 
ship  shall  be  with  the  heads  of  the  institutions  in  which 
they  work,  whether  engaged  locally,  with  approval  of 
the  Board,  or  going  out  from  the  United  States. 

Salary 

The  salary  of  such  workers  shall  be  $700  a  year. 
Travel  allowance  to  the  field  only  will  be  granted. 

Clergy  Rates 

Workers  under  contract  for  one  year  are  entitled  to 
clergy  rates  to  the  field.  They  are  entitled  to  clergy 
rates  for  the  return  trip  only  in  case  the  contract  is 
renewed. 


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Board 

Contract  workers  shall  pay  for  board  the  same 
amount  as  the  missionaries. 

ESTIMATES 

Method  of  Preparation 

The  missionaries  in  each  institution  and  those  as¬ 
sociated  together  in  lines  of  work  shall  prepare  an¬ 
nually  the  estimates  of  funds  needed  for  the  support 
of  the  work  for  the  ensuing  year.  The  estimates 
should  cover  everything  necessary  for  the  work  of  the 
year,  including  missionaries’  salaries,  medical  fund, 
furlough  travel,  language  study,  travel  to  meetings, 
maintenance  of  institutions  and  lines  of  work,  insurance, 
taxes,  salaries  of  workers  other  than  missionaries, 
scholarships,  Christian  literature,  equipment,  repairs, 
buildings,  and  other  items.  In  order  to  secure  favorable 
consideration,  the  estimates  should  be  accompanied 
by  adequate  explanation.  In  the  case  of  equipment 
and  repairs,  definite  explanation  must  be  given.  All 
estimates  should  be  approved  by  the  Mission  or  the 
missionaries  in  annual  meeting. 

Income  from  Native  Sources 

The  estimates  shall  be  accompanied  by  an  itemized 
statement  of  the  income  on  the  field  from  fees  of  patrons 
and  other  sources,  which  shall  be  considered  by  the 
Estimates  Committee  as  a  part  of  the  regular  basis  of 
appropriation. 

When  Due 

All  estimates  should  be  forwarded  to  the  Adminis¬ 
trative  Secretary  immediately,  and  should  be  in  her 
hands  not  later  than  the  first  of  February  in  order 
to  receive  consideration  by  the  Estimates  Committee 
of  the  Council.  In  case  the  estimates  from  any  field 
should  fail  to  reach  the  office  of  the  Administrative 
Secretary  in  time  to  be  considered  by  the  Estimates 
Committee,  the  appropriation  will  be  made  on  the 
basis  of  those  of  the  previous  year. 


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APPROPRIATIONS 

How  Made 

The  estimates  from  the  fields  are  first  considered  by 
the  Committee  on  Estimates  of  the  Woman’s  Mission¬ 
ary  Council,  which  prepares  them  in  proper  form  for 
presentation  to  the  Council.  The  Council  in  annual 
session  considers  the  estimates  and  recommends  them 
to  the  Board  of  Missions  for  appropriation.  Appro¬ 
priations  made  by  the  Board  of  Missions  in  annual 
session  take  effect  the  following  January. 

Unused  Appropriations  and  Balances 

Appropriations  shall  be  diverted  from  the  objects 
for  which  appropriated  only  when  approved  by  the 
Board.  All  unused  appropriations  and  balances  at 
the  end  of  the  year,  including  balances  from  exchange, 
shall  lapse  to  the  treasury  of  the  Board  for  reappropria¬ 
tion.  This  applies  to  excess  income  from  native  sources 
as  well  as  to  appropriations.  Appropriations  for  land 
and  buildings  may  be  held  over  from  year  to  year  by 
action  of  the  Board. 

Exchange 

All  appropriations  for  salaries  and  work  in  the  Ori¬ 
ental  fields  shall  be  paid  on  the  basis  of  two  for  one. 
When  the  current  rate  of  exchange  falls  below  the 
established  rate,  the  Board  shall  supply  the  deficit;  and 
when  it  exceeds  the  established  rate,  the  surplus  shall 
lapse  to  the  Board  for  appropriation. 

MISSION  ORGANIZATION 

Organized  Missions 

In  the  majority  of  the  mission  fields  there  is  some 
form  of  organization  which  has  been  approved  by  the 
Board  of  Missions  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
missionaries.  Whenever  such  organization  exists,  each 
missionary  and  five-  or  three-year  contract  worker  is 
expected  to  cooperate  as  far  as  possible  by  attendance 
upon  meetings,  service  on  committees,  and  in  othei* 
ways  in  order  to  make  the  work  effective. 


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FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  MANUAL 


Annual  Meetings 

In  fields  where  the  Mission  is  not  organized,  the 
missionaries  shall  hold  an  annual  meeting  for  inspiration 
and  consideration  of  the  needs  of  the  work  as  a  whole. 
Each  missionary  worker  under  contract  for  five  or 
three  years  is  expected  to  attend  the  annual  meeting  if 
possible.  At  this  meeting  the  estimates  for  the  follow¬ 
ing  year  shall  be  prepared  and  recommendations  shall 
be  made  to  the  Board  regarding  specialized  study  of 
missionaries  on  furlough,  the  opening  of  new  work, 
changes  of  policy,  the  reappropriation  of  balances,  and 
other  subjects  related  to  the  work  as  a  whole.  At  the 
annual  meeting  a  treasurer  shall  be  nominated  to  the 
Board  if  there  is  no  treasurer  for  the  field  who  shall 
hold  the  funds  appropriated  for  travel  to  meetings, 
medical  aid,  and  other  general  expenses. 

Expense  of  Meetings 

The  expense  involved  in  attendance  upon  annual 
and  committee  meetings  shall  be  met  by  the  Board, 
when  included  in  the  estimates  from  the  field.  In  the 
Latin-American  fields,  where  the  heads  of  institutions 
and  lines  of  work  are  expected  to  report  in  person  to  the 
Annual  Conferences,  the  expense  involved  will  be  paid 
by  the  Board,  when  included  in  the  estimates. 

BUSINESS  RELATIONS 

Official  Addresses 

The  Board  of  Missions  has  its  headquarters  in  the 
Lambuth  Building,  706  Church  Street,  Nashville,  Tenn., 
on  the  fifth  and  sixth  floors.  The  post  office  box  is 
510.  The  address  of  the  Woman’s  Department, 
Foreign  Work,  is  Room  620,  Lambuth  Building.  The 
cable  address  of  the  Board  is  “South  Nashville.”  The 
Mission  Code  is  preferred  in  sending  cable  messages. 

Personal  Business  Matters 

The  Administrative  Secretaries  are  glad  to  assist  the 
missionaries  and  other  workers  in  personal  business 


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matters  by  paying  bills,  forwarding  money,  making 
purchases,  paying  life  insurance  premiums,  sending 
cablegrams,  and  in  other  ways.  The  expense  involved 
in  such  transactions  is  deducted  from  their  salaries. 
Form  blanks  are  furnished  in  duplicate  on  which  the 
missionary  may  indicate  the  transaction  desired.  Such 
orders  should  reach  the  office  in  time  to  be  deducted 
from  quarterly  drafts,  which  are  mailed  to  the  Orient 
and  Brazil  a  month  in  advance  of  the  beginning  of  the 
quarter.  Except  in  emergency  cases  and  on  special 
request,  payments  will  be  made  on  the  first  day  of  the 
quarter  at  which  time  it  is  due. 

Quarterly  Payments 

Appropriations  for  salaries  and  maintenance  shall  be 
sent  to  the  fields  quarterly*  in  advance. 

Home  Address  for  Records 

Each  worker  shall  furnish  the  Administrative  Secre¬ 
tary  the  name  and  street  address  of  her  nearest  living- 
relative  and  report  promptly  any  change  in  these  which 
may  occur  from  time  to  time. 

Certificate  of  Death 

In  case  of  the  death  of  a  missionary  on  the  field,  a 
certified  statement  of  the  death  prepared  by  the  Con¬ 
sular  Service  and  the  physician  in  charge  should  be 
sent  immediately  to  the  Administrative  Secretary  to 
be  used  if  occasion  demands. 

Personal  Funds 

No  worker  should  use  personal  funds  in  the  work  an 
advances  or  loans  or  in  any  other  way  that  would 
involve  the  Board. 

Government  Grants  or  Subsidies 

No  worker  should  accept  money  or  other  grants 
proffered  by  local  government  authorities  on  conditions 
which  might  prohibit  or  hamper  the  missionary  purpose 
of  the  Board. 


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FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  MANUAL 


Drafts,  Debts,  and  Loans 

No  worker  shall  draw  drafts,  incur  debts,  or  other¬ 
wise  commit  the  Board  to  the  payment  of  money 
without  authorization  of  the  Board.  Balances  or  funds 
appropriated  to  a  given  work  shall  not  be  loaned  to 
other  enterprises  without  the  consent  of  the  Board. 

New  Work 

No  new  work  shall  be  opened  without  consent  of  the 
Board,  and  no  worker  shall  make  any  investment  or 
create  any  liability  against  the  Board  without  authority. 
No  missionary  shall  open  new  work  with  personal 
funds. 

FINANCIAL  APPEALS  AND  CAMPAIGNS 

Public  Appeals 

No  missionary  shall  appeal  to  the  Church  or  indi¬ 
viduals  through  public  print  or  otherwise  for  pecuniai  y 
aid  in  any  missionary  enterprise  without  the  approval 
of  the  Board.  All  appeals  for  continuance  of  specials 
or  for  payments  of  deficits  on  specials  shall  be  made 
only  through  the  Administrative  Secretary. 

Campaigns  on  the  Field 

No  missionary,  or  groups  of  missionaries,  shall 
launch  a  financial  campaign  on  the  field  unless  the 
campaign  program  has  been  approved  by  the  Board, 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  Mission.  No  missionary 
shall  without  authorization  solicit  or  receive  funds 
from  native  or  other  sources  under  conditions  which 
may  involve  the  Board  financially  or  interfere  with  its 
administration. 

PUBLICITY  AGENT 

The  Need 

The  present-day  opportunity  for  helping  peoples  to 
understand  each  other  and  for  increasing  the  interest 
of  the  people  at  the  home  base  in  the  work  of  missions 
is  so  great  that  it  has  become  a  necessity  to  have  at 
least  one  person  in  each  Mission  who  shall  act  as  pub- 


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licity  agent.  She  shall  be  selected  annually  by  the 
Woman’s  Department  of  the  Mission  or  by  the  mis¬ 
sionaries  in  annual  meeting. 

Duties 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  publicity  agent  to  collect 
fresh  news  items  from  the  field  concerning  the  work, 
also  significant  items  regarding  events,  political  and 
social,  as  well  as  distinctly  missionary  and  religious. 
She  shall  send  all  publicity  material  to  the  Secretary 
of  the  Boa^d  of  Missions  in  Charge  of  Literature  for 
Woman’s  Work,  and  shall  cooperate  with  her  in  securing 
material  such  as  may  be  necessary  to  keep  the  work 
of  the  mission  before  the  Church.  Each  missionary 
should  consider  herself  a  reporter  to  supply  the  publicity 
agent  on  her  field  with  important  items  of  news  with 
reference  to  her  work  or  station. 

FOREIGN  STUDENTS 

Financial  Aid 

It  is  the  policy  of  the  Board  to  approve  of  financial 
aid  for  those  foreign  students  only  who  have  completed 
the  highest  courses  available  in  mission  institutions 
and  who  have  a  sufficient  knowledge  of  English  to  profit 
by  study  in  the  United  States. 

Fellowships 

Whenever  there  is  an  outstanding  young  woman, 
with  gifts  for  some  special  line  of  work  on  the  field 
who  would  profit  by  specialized  training  in  the  United 
States,  the  Mission  or  the  missionaries  in  annual 
meeting  may  make  recommendation  to  the  Board  for 
a  fellowship  or  other  financial  aid,  if  needed.  In  each 
case  the  sanction  of  the  Board  should  be  secured  before 
sending  the  native  student  to  this  country.  No  mission¬ 
ary,  without  the  consent  of  the  Board,  should  bung 
to  this  country  foreign  students  or  prot£g£s  if  there 
should  be  the  remotest  possibility  of  their  becoming  a 
charge  upon  the  Boa"d  or  any  missionary  society, 
bcal  congregation,  Church  school,  or  college. 


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Students  for  Whom  the  Board  Has  No  Financial 

Responsibility 

It  is  desirable  that  the  Board  have  contact  with 
foreign  students  in  this  country  who  have  been  educated 
in  our  mission  schools,  even  though  it  have  no  financial 
responsibility  for  them.  Therefore,  missionaries  should 
notify  the  Administrative  Secretary  of  the  coming  of 
such  students  and  thus  furnish  her  with  the  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  extend  to  them  courtesies  and  to  aid  in  holding 
them  for  the  Church,  or  gaining  them  for  Christ. 

COOPERATIVE  AND  UNION  WORK 

General  Policy 

It  is  the  policy  of  the  Board  to  promote  comity, 
cooperation,  and  union  with  other  denominations  in 
work  on  the  mission  field  in  all  feasible  ways.  Mis¬ 
sionaries  are,  therefore,  authorized  to  serve  on  commit¬ 
tees  planning  for  cooperative  and  union  work,  it  being 
understood  that  no  missionary  has  the  power  to  commit 
the  Mission  or  the  Board  to  any  cooperative  work 
without  its  approval. 

Service  on  Union  Boards  of  Control 

Missionaries  are  authorized  to  serve  on  Union  Boards 
of  Control  of  institutions  in  which  the  Board  is  of¬ 
ficially  cooperating,  when  nominated  by  the  Mission 
and  approved  by  the  Board  of  Missions. 

Status  of  Workers  in  Union  Institutions 

Whenever  a  Union  Institution  requests  the  services 
of  a  missionary  and  the  bishop  in  charge  appoints  her 
to  that  work,  she  becomes  thereby  subject  to  the  Board 
of  Control  of  such  institution  and  receives  the  salary 
paid  by  the  same.  She  shall  not,  thereby,  lose  her 
place  as  a  member  of  the  Mission,  and  should  keep  in 
close  touch  with  it,  thus  keeping  up  its  interest  in  the 
Union  Work. 

Whenever  a  young  woman  who  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  is  accepted  for 


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35 


contract  work  in  a  Union  Institution  on  the  mission 
field  by  a  Union  Board  of  Control  in  America  without 
having  been  accepted  by  the  Board  of  Missions  of  her 
own  Church  as  a  missionary,  she  does  not  become 
thereby  a  member  of  the  Mission,  and  is  not  subject 
to  the  appointment  of  the  bishop  in  charge. 

PROPERTY 

How  Held 

The  property  of  the  Department  of  Woman’s 
Work  is  held  in  various  ways,  according  to  the  legal 
requirements  in  the  different  fields.  In  the  beginning, 
property  was  bought  and  held  in  the  name  of  individual 
missionaries,  bishops,  or  others  interested  in  the  work. 
In  some  fields  the  property  is  deeded  to  “The  Woman’s 
Missionary  Society,”  “The  Woman’s  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sionary  Society,”  or  “The  Woman’s  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions,”  which  are  the  corporate  names  used  suc¬ 
cessively  by  the  women’s  organizations  before  the 
Woman’s  Board  was  merged  into  the  Board  of  Missions 
in  1910.  Annual  meetings  of  these  corporations  are 
held  in  order  to  hold  and  dispose  of  such  property 
legally.  Where  the  laws  of  the  country  permit  a  foreign 
religious  corporation  to  hold  property,  it  is  held  in  the 
name  of  “The  Board  of  Missions,  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  Woman’s 
Work.”  More  recently  holding  bodies  have  been 
organized  and  incorporated  by  the  Board  to  meet  the 
legal  requirements  of  the  foreign  governments,  as  in 
Japan,  Korea,  Mexico,  and  Brazil.  It  is  the  policy  of 
the  Board  to  transfer  its  property  from  individuals  to 
the  property-holding  body  in  each  field.  With  much 
patience  and  at  great  expense,  the  legal  representatives 
of  the  Board  in  the  different  fields  are  working  at  this 
tedious  process. 

Purchase  and  Improvements 

Real  estate  may  be  bought  or  sold  by  direct  order 
of  the  Board  or  the  Executive  Committee.  Plans  and 
specifications  for  buildings  shall  be  submitted  to  the 


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FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  MANUAL 


Board  or  to  its  Executive  Committee  for  approval. 
Improvements  on  real  estate  to  cost  more  than  five 
hundred  dollars  may  be  made  only  with  the  consent 
of  the  Secretaries. 

Refunding  Bonds 

In  cases  where  money  is  furnished  by  the  Board  for 
the  purchase  or  improvement  of  property  the  title  to 
which  is  not  vested  in  the  Board  of  Missions,  a  refunding 
bond  shall  be  required  as  a  guarantee  of  its  proper 
use  and  direction,  said  bond  to  be  approved  by  the 
Executive  Committee. 

Building  Committee 

There  shall  be  a  Building  Committee  of  not  less 
than  three  missionaries  in  each  Mission  or  Mission 
Conference,  whose  indorsement  shall  be  secured  before 
recommendation  is  made  to  the  Board  and  before 
money  is  expended  in  the  purchase  or  improvement 
of  property,  provided  that  in  Mexico  the  Administra¬ 
tive  Secretary,  the  bishop  in  charge,  and  the  presiding 
elder  of  the  district  in  which  the  property  is  located 
shall  be  members  of  this  committee. 

Building  Contracts 

All  plans  for  buildings,  when  recommended  by  the 
Building  Committee,  shall  be  forwarded  with  specifica¬ 
tions  to  the  Administrative  Secretary,  for  the  Board’s 
consideration  and  approval.  All  contracts  for  build¬ 
ings  authorized  by  the  Board  shall  be  let  to  contract  at 
five  per  cent  less  than  the  total  appropriation  for  this 
purpose. 

Insurance 

It  is  the  policy  of  the  Board  to  insure  its  buildings 
and  equipment.  This  item  of  business  is  attended  to 
by  the  Secretary  in  Nashville,  except  where  special 
arrangements  are  made  for  the  insurance  to  be  carried 
on  the  field. 


INDEX 


INDEX 


Page 

Acceptance  of  Missionaries .  10 

Addresses,  Board  of  Missions .  30 

Addresses  of  Missionaries  (Home) .  31 

Aims  of  Missionary  Work .  7 

Annual  Meetings .  30 

Appeals  for  Funds .  32 

Appointment  of  Contract  Workers .  25 

Appropriations .  29 

Exchange .  29 

How  made .  29 

Unused  Appropriations  and  Balances .  29 

Baggage  Allowance .  16 

Balances,  Unused .  29 

Bible  Women’s  Reports .  23 

Board  of  Contract  Workers . 26-28 

Board  of  Missionaries .  13 

Bonds,  Refunding .  36 

Budget  Specials,  Reports  of . 22-23 

Building  Committee .  36 

Building  Contracts .  36 

Business  Missionaries .  10 

Business  Relations  of  Missionaries . 30-31-32 

Death  Certificate .  31 

Debts .  32 

Drafts .  32 

Government  Grants .  31 

Home  Addresses .  31 

Loans .  32 

New  Work .  32 

Official  Addresses  of  the  Board .  30 

Personal  Business .  30 

Personal  Funds .  31 

Quarterly  Payments .  31 

By-Laws  on  Woman’s  Work .  6-7 

Campaigns  on  the  Fields .  32 

Cancellation  of  Contracts .  26 

Certificate  of  Death .  31 

Clergy  Permits  for  Contract  Workers .  27 

Clergy  Permits  for  Missionaries . 14-15 

Committee,  Building .  36 

Compensation,  Contract  Workers . 26-27 

Contracts,  Buildings .  36 

Cooperative  and  Union  Work .  34 

Day  Schools,  Reports  of .  23 


INDEX 


40 

Page 

Death  Certificate .  31 

Debts .  32 

Disabled  Missionaries .  24 

Discipline  Paragraphs  on  Woman’s  Work .  5-6 

Drafts  on  the  Board .  32 

Duties  of  Publicity  Agent .  33 

Educational  Work .  8 

Emeritus  Missionaries .  23 

Estimates .  28 

Income  from  native  sources .  28 

Method  of  preparation .  28 

When  due .  28 

Evangelistic  Work .  8 

Examinations,  Medical .  17 

Exchange .  29 

Expenses  of  Annual  Meetings .  30 

Expenses  of  Travel,  Reports  of .  16 

Fatal  Illness .  17 

Fellowships  for  Foreign  Students .  33 

Financial  Aid  for  Furlough  Study .  20 

Financial  Appeals .  32 

Financial  Campaigns .  32 

Financial  Reports .  21 

Foreign  Students .  33 

Financial  aid .  33 

Fellowships .  33 

Students  who  do  not  receive  financial  aid .  34 

Forms  of  Work . 8-9-10 

Business .  10 

Educational .  8 

Evangelistic .  8 

Industrial .  10 

Literary .  9 

Medical .  9 

Furloughs . 19-20-21 

Extension  of .  20 

Purposes . 20 

Requirement . 19 

Resignation  on  furlough .  21 

Study .  20 

Government  Grants .  31 

Holding  of  Property .  35 

Home  Addresses  of  Missionaries .  31 

How  Property  Is  Held .  35 

Improvement  of  Property .  35 

Income  from  Native  Sources .  28 

Industrial  Work .  10 

Insurance . ..  .. .  36 

Introduction .  3 

Language  Study . 18-19 

Obligation  for .  18 


INDEX 


41 

Page 

Language  Study:  Provision  for . 18'. 

Requirement .  18 

Life  Service,  Obligation  for .  11 

Literary  Work .  9 

Loans .  32 

Medical  Allowance  for  Contract  Workers .  26 

Medical  Allowance  for  Missionaries . 16-17-18 

Medical  Examinations .  17 

Medical  Work .  9 

Meetings,  Annual . . .  30 

Meetings,  Expenses  of .  30 

Method  of  Preparing  Estimates .  28 

Missionaries .  10 

Acceptance .  10 

Board .  13 

Fatal  illness .  17 

Furloughs .  19 

Language  study .  18 

Medical  allowance .  17 

Medical  examinations .  17 

Obligation  for  life  service .  11 

Obligation  for  use  of  time .  12 

Outfits .  13. 

Perquisites .  13 

Recall .  12 

Refits .  14 

Relation  to  Board  of  Missions .  10 

Reports .  21 

Resignation .  19 

Responsibility  to  the  Board .  11 

Retirement  and  relief .  23 

Salary .  13 

Status .  10 

Term  of  service .  19 

Travel .  14 

Vacation .  19 

Mission  Organization . 29-30 

Annual  meeting .  30 

Expense  of  meetings .  30 

Organized  missions. . .  29 

Need  of  Publicity  Agent .  32 

New  Work .  32 

Obligation  of  Five-  and  Three-Year  Workers .  25 

Obligation  of  Missionaries .  18 

Obligation  for  Service . 11 

Obligation  for  Use  of  Time .  12 

Official  Addresses  of  Board  of  Missions .  30 

Organized  Missions .  29 

Outfits . .  13 

Passports .  15 

Payments,  Quarterly .  31 


42  INDEX 

Pag  s 

Permits,  Clergy . 14-16 

Perquisites..... .  13 

Personal  Business  Matters . 30-31 

Personal  Funds .  31 

Personal  Reports .  21 

Policy  for  Union  Work .  34 

Preparation  of  Estimates .  28 

Property . 35-36 

Building  Committee .  36 

Building  contracts .  36 

How  held .  35 

Improvement  of .  35 

Insurance .  36 

Purchase  of .  35 

Refunding  bonds .  36 

Provision  of  Constitution  and  By-Laws . 5-6-7 

By-laws  of  Board  of  Missions .  6 

Disciplinary  paragraphs .  5 

Provisions  for  Language  Study .  18 

Public  Appeals .  32 

Publicity  Agent .  32 

Duties .  33 

Need  of .  32 

Purchase  of  Property .  35 

Purpose  of  Furlough .  20 

Purpose  of  Medical  Allowance .  16 

Qualifications  of  One-Year  Contract  Workers .  27 

Quarterly  Payments .  31 

Quarterly  Reports .  22 

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Refunding  Bonds .  36 

Relation  of  Missionaries  to  the  Board . 10-11-12 

Acceptance .  10 

Obligation  for  life  service .  11 

Recall .  12 

Resignations .  12 

Responsibility .  11 

Status . 10 

Use  of  time .  12 

Repoits . 21-22-23 

Resignations . 12,  21 

Responsibility  of  Missionaries  to  the  Board .  11 

Retirement  and  Relief . 23-24 

Salary  of  Contract  Workers . 26-27 

Salary  of  Missionaries .  13 

Amount .  13 

Perquisites .  13 

Scholarship  Reports .  22 

Service,  Obligation  for  Life .  11 

Service  on  Union  Boards . .  34 

Specials .  22 


INDEX 


43 

Page 

Specials;  Reports  of . 22-23 

Bible  women .  23 

Day  schools .  23 

Scholarships .  22 

Statistical  Reports .  21 

Status  of  Five-  and  Three-Year  Contract  Workers .  25 

Status  of  One-Year  Contract  Workers .  27 

Status  of  Workers  in  Union  Institutions .  34 

Study,  Furlough .  20 

Study,  Provisions  for .  20 

Subsidies,  Government .  31 

Time,  Use  of .  12 

Travel  of  Contract  Workers .  26 

Travel  of  Missionaries . 14-15-16 

Baggage  allowance .  16 

Clergy  permits .  14 

Expense  reports .  16 

General  regulations .  14 

Passports . 15 

Union  Institutions,  Workers  in .  34 

Union  Work .  34 

General  policy .  34 

Service  on  Boards  of  Control .  34 

Unused  Appropriations  and  Balances .  29 

Use  of  Time .  12 

Vacations,  Contract  Workers .  26 

Vacations,  Missionaries .  19 

Withdrawals .  24 

Work,  Forms  of . 8-9-10 

Workers  under  Contract  for  Five  or  Three  Years . 25-26-27 

Appointment .  25 

Board .  26 

Cancellation  of  Contract .  26 

How  employed . 25 

Medical  Allowances .  26 

Status  and  obligation .  25 

Travel .  26 

Workers  under  Contract  for  One  Year . 27-28 

Board .  28 

Clergy  rates .  27 

Qualifications . 27 

Status .  27 

Travel .  27 


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